Our vision is for an Israel-Palestine where all peoples are equal and
free regardless of their religion, culture, ethnicity, age, gender or
sexual orientation; and where all the basic tenets of international law
and human rights conventions are implemented.

Jewish National Fund part of the peace-killing process

Let me introduce Dr. Ismail Zayid, an 81-year-old Halifax pathologist, retired after 27 years at
Dalhousie University Medical School and Capital Health. He was born and grew up in the
Palestinian West Bank village of Beit Nuba. In 1967, after the "Six-Day War", Israeli
troops seized Beit Nuba and two nearby villages (Yalu and Imwas) without
firing a shot. In violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention,
they expelled all of the 10,000 noncombatant villagers and dyanamited and
bulldozed their homes, including that of Dr. Zayid's family.

Dr. Larry Haiven at Canada Park

Location of Canada Park on the West Bank

Dr. Ismail Zayid

I'm in the picture on the left, Dr. Zayid is on the right. I'm standing in
Canada Park (map in centre), in the Israeli-occupied
West Bank, built on the ruins of these villages. As a Jew, I can
go to Canada Park any time I wish, have a picnic and see the
remains of those villages. And as a Jew, I can become a citizen of Israel and
move to the occupied West Bank automatically.
But because Dr. Zayid is Palestinian, neither he nor his family can
visit his birthplace, by order of the Israeli government. An
excellent CBC Fifth Estate documentary about Dr. Zayid can be found at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZL-z9fdLA.

Who paid for Canada Park and the exclusion of Dr. Zayid? You and
other Canadian taxpayers paid.

Canada Park is funded to the tune of $15 million by The Jewish National Fund Canada (JNF Canada),
a registered Canadian charity and donations are tax-deductible. That means that up to 25% of JNF Canada's
budget comes from our taxes. But Canadian law forbids tax status to charities that violate international law and
engage in racialist practices. As well as owning 13 percent of Israel's land and
having significant control over a further 80% of public lands, the JNF aids in the
expulsion of Bedouin citizens of Israel from the Negev and cleansing the Galilee of Palestinian citizens.
Moreover, the JNF's charter prohibits it from selling or leasing land to non-Jews, even if those non-Jews
are citizens of Israel! This is in clear violation of Canadian and international law.

THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES IS THE GREATEST OBSTACLE TO THE PEACE PROCESS.

In 2007, the United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) rejected the application of the JNF for
consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) citing that the JNF's work violated the principles
of the UN Charter, which emphasizes respect for human rights and equality.

The Hebrew-Yiddish word "Chutzpah" means "shameless audacity and impudence" and that describes
the 22 May 2014 JNF Canada celebratory $250-a-plate "Negev" fundraising dinner.
The honoree was local developer and JNF devotee Jim Spatz, and the money raised will fund part of a
bike path in Independence Park (Gan Ha'atzmaut) in Tel Aviv. Trouble is, that park was built
on top of the Abdel Nabi Muslim cemetery without permission of the families of those buried there, an
indignity similar to Canada Park. Spatz is chair of the Dalhousie University Board of Governors.
This is a slap in the face of the diverse student body at that university and Spatz should
remove himself from that position due to his clear conflict of interest.